completely
Syllables: com·plete·ly/kəmˈpliːtli/
completely adverb: in a complete manner; thoroughly.
Adverb
completely (comparative more completely, superlative most completely)
- In a complete manner; thoroughly.
- Please completely fill in the box for your answer, using a number “2” pencil.
- I will have completely finished my degree by next July, when my thesis has been properly edited.
- To the fullest extent or degree; totally.
- He is completely mad.
- I had occasion […] to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return […] I found Farrar awaiting me in the railway station. He smiled his wonted fraction by way of greeting, […], and finally leading me to his buggy, turned and drove out of town. I was completely mystified at such...1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter II, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC
completely meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
completely in Hindi
- in a complete manner
- बिलकुल bilkul, एकदम ekdam
completely in Tamil
- பூரணமாக
completely in Marathi
- completely, entirely, utterly, in every way
- सर्वथा sarvathā
- completely, at all
- अजिबात ajibāt
- completely, fully
- पुरते purte
completely in Urdu
- بالکل
More languagesFewer languages
- completely in Bengali
- সম্পূর্ণ śompurno, পুরাপুরি purapuri, পুরা pura
- completely in Telugu
- అంతా antā
- completely in Malayalam
- സമ്പൂർണ്ണം, സമഗ്രമായി, കൂലംകഷം, തിക
- completely in Kannada
- ನುಣ್ಣಗೆ nuṇṇage
- completely in Punjabi
- ਉੱਕਾ ukkā
- completely in Gujarati
- સંપૂર્ણપણે sampūrṇapṇe
- completely in Sanskrit
- केवल kevala
- completely in Nepali
- सबै sabai
- completely in Pashto
- بېخي bexi
- completely in Arabic
- تَمَامًا tamāman
- completely in Vietnamese
- hoàn toàn, quá, hẳn
Examples of completely in a sentence
- It should not have been omitted that previous to completely stripping the body of the leviathan, he was beheaded.1851, Herman Melville, chapter 70, in Moby-Dick:
- She completely abandoned her Tuesdays at home, and did not return the visits of those who had called upon her.1899, Kate Chopin, chapter XIX, in The Awakening:
- Lieutenant (junior grade) KERRY immediately maneuvered his craft through several strafing runs which completely silenced the enemy.1969, E.R. Zumwalt, Jr., Silver Star Citation - John Kerry:
- What I saw today completely convinced me!” the user wrote.2025 May 2, Elisabeth Buchwald and Ramishah Maruf, “A massive tariff on millions of Americans’ purchases just went into effect — cue the...
Synonyms of completely
- fully
- totally
- utterly
- absolutely
- all-out
- tout à fait
- all the way
- stone-cold
- blind
- altogether
30 more synonymsFewer synonyms
- stark
- cold
- cap-a-pie
- categorically
- detailly
- downright
- entirely
- exhaustively
- finally
- first and last
- flat-out
- flat out
- from aardvark to zymurgy
- from A to Z
- from head to toe
- from soup to nuts
- from stem to stern
- from the rooter to the tooter
- from top to bottom
- from top to toe
- handsomely
- heartily
- head to foot
- head to tail
- head to toe
- hook
- line
- and sinker
- in detail
- in full
Antonyms
- after a fashion
- barely
- half-assedly
- hardly
- in a sense
- in a way
- incompletely
- inconsistently
- moderately
- partially
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Forms of completely
| comparative | more completely |
|---|---|
| superlative | most completely |
Origin of completely
From complete + -ly.
Words formed from completely
Questions about completely
- What does completely mean?
- Completely means in a complete manner; thoroughly.
- What is completely in Hindi?
- Completely in Hindi is बिलकुल (bilkul), एकदम (ekdam). See Completely meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use completely in a sentence?
- It should not have been omitted that previous to completely stripping the body of the leviathan, he was beheaded.
- What part of speech is completely?
- Completely is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce completely?
- Completely is pronounced /kəmˈpliːtli/.
Words near completely in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: completely (page history and authors); completely (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); अजिबात (Marathi) (page history and authors); completely (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); পুরা (Bengali) (page history and authors); అంతా (Telugu) (page history and authors); completely (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); ನುಣ್ಣಗೆ (Kannada) (page history and authors); ਉੱਕਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); સંપૂર્ણપણે (Gujarati) (page history and authors); सबै (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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